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Working Together as Foster Parents, Biological Parents, and Agency Workers

Working together towards a common goal can both be extremely rewarding and incredibly challenging! Like my husband said recently about parenting, "We are imperfect humans, raising imperfect humans; why are we surprised when it doesn't…

Jami KaebNovember 30, 2020

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3 Reminders for Walking Alongside the Foster Care Community

As these new people in my life spoke about their journeys in the foster care community, I suddenly realized that I had a lot of preconceived notions about what foster care was actually like. I…

Becky NelsonNovember 23, 2020

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Foster Care Has Changed How We Parent

You can’t enter the world of foster care and not be changed by it. It affects so many areas of everyday life, including how you parent. Being foster parents, we quickly realized we would need…

Cherith CraftNovember 19, 2020

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4 Lessons for Every Foster Parent

The learning curve in knowing what to do and say as a foster parent feels steep sometimes. As children in your care are trying to make sense of all that is happening around them, and…

Holly GnuseNovember 5, 2020

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Learning How to Love Those in Need

Sometimes, it just feels easier to avoid the mess of foster care. It feels more comfortable not to pursue communication with biological parents. It feels easier to keep everyone else on the team at an…

Becky NelsonSeptember 28, 2020

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My Spouse Isn’t Ready to Be a Foster Parent

Two hearts moving towards the same end goal at the same speed isn't always the way it works itself out in marriage. God has wired each of us differently, and there is beauty in that.…

Jami KaebSeptember 7, 2020

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Changing Perspective in Foster Care

I think about all of the times where I’m struggling to believe something good about myself, and the moment that someone else validates for me that they are with me and that I have value…

Jillian KellenbergerSeptember 3, 2020

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Foster Parents Don’t Get the Final Say

Today, I don’t like foster care. I don’t like seeing the faults of the system. It was never the final or complete solution meant to overcome abuse and neglect, but it’s what we have to…

Jillian KellenbergerAugust 17, 2020

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4 Truths about the Foster Care Community

I've always been interested in adoption, and I've expressed interest in the foster care system. Last summer, I went to a youth conference put on by Christ In Youth, and one of the focuses of…

Mitch NelsonMay 28, 2020

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Ready or Not…Foster Parent!

Ten months ago, I became a foster parent. I was licensed for quite sometime before that, but ten months ago, I received my first placement, and a little girl entered my life and home. I…

Jillian KellenbergerJanuary 20, 2020

foster parents Archives | The Forgotten Initiative

Working Together as Foster Parents, Biological Parents, and Agency Workers

3 Reminders for Walking Alongside the Foster Care Community

Foster Care Has Changed How We Parent

4 Lessons for Every Foster Parent

Learning How to Love Those in Need

My Spouse Isn’t Ready to Be a Foster Parent

Changing Perspective in Foster Care

Foster Parents Don’t Get the Final Say

4 Truths about the Foster Care Community

Ready or Not…Foster Parent!

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